I’m a single mom of 4 children AND I work full time. I rarely get a break from “Adulting.” Except for this past Sunday….

I woke up on Sunday morning and for the first time in many, many weeks I was “kid-free.” I looked around my messy house and saw hampers filled with dirty clothes that needed to be washed. (4 kids plus me, now that’s A LOT of clothes). UGH!!!!

Having a kid-free Sunday pretty much never happens to me so rather than spend my “kid-free”day in a laundromat, I made one of the best decisions I’ve made in a REALLY LONG time…. I paid someone else to do my laundry.

I could not hold back my excitement as I dropped off my dirty clothes at a fluff and fold. I walked out with a bill in my hand and a huge smile on my face.

So how did I spend the rest of my Sunday? I enjoyed brunch and mimosas with my closest friends then came home and took the most peaceful 3 hour nap. It was a beautiful day and worth every penny.

“You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit” is something I should have said a lot more of when the kids were younger. Had I said that more, perhaps the little things in life wouldn’t be such a huge pain-in-the-neck for me now. For example, preparing lunches for my 4 children. Rather than allowing my kids to dictate how they wanted/expected their food to be prepared, I should have just said “You get what you get and you don’t throw a fit.” I didn’t. Now the simple, mindless task of making a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich x 4 is no longer simple… or mindless.

This is what I have to remember anytime I make the kids a PB&J:

1 Peanut butter and jelly, extremly light on the peanut butter, normal amount of jelly with top crust removed

“Nice butt!” The first time I heard her say that, I laughed… loudly. Later that day when she said “Nice Butt” again in front of her 3 older siblings, they all laughed really hard as well.

Ever since then, she says it all the time and its not so funny anymore. Actually, it’s quite embarrassing. The most embarrassing moment was when she turned to an older women sitting next to us on the plane and said, “Nice butt grandma.”

She has since learned the word “booby” (I blame her older brothers for that one), and has added “nice booby” to her repertoire.

Yes, I tell her not to say those things. Yes, I tell her that that it’s not polite. I try to ignore it. I try to distract her by asking questions like, “what is your favorite color” but It doesn’t work. She still says “Nice butt” and “Nice booby,” all the time.

In the end I know it’s just a phase and I have to be honest, I still find it funny (sometimes).